Author: "jr_sites" <jr_sites@...> Time: Thu Oct 17, 2002 1:14 pm PDT Link
I hope I got your weight right ;^)
Thanks for the ride. It made me all the more anxious to get the
partnership together and get started.
To everyone else out there - if you haven't flown the airplane,
you've got to make your way to Vans or an airshow and get in one.
You won't be disappointed.
I have access to three two-year-old 172Rs that I can rent for $32.50
per hour wet, and now that I've flown the -9, I don't want any part
of the Skyhawks!
One flight will make you a believer, too.
Jeff
--- In RV-9A@y..., "kenrv6" <kenrv6@y...> wrote:
> -Glad you enjoyed the ride. One clarification...the stick wasn't
> full back during the stalls, or the nose would have been much
> higher. I use just enough aft stick to keep the nose about a
spinner
> width of the horizon and stall the wing. I've done that to loose a
> 1000'sitting there like a frozen squirrel... bumpty, bumpty bump.
> Next time we'll try a "mag-check" take off...line up on the runway,
> run the engine to 1700 rpm, check mags, and release brakes. It
takes
> quite a bit of ground roll, but it will take off and climb at mag-
> check power.
>
> Gotta love this airplane.
> -- In RV-9A@y..., "jr_sites" <jr_sites@y...> wrote:
> > I was in Portland over the weekend, and made a trip to Vans to
fly
> > the -9. I wanted to fly the -9A, but it was on it's way back from
> > Copperstate.
> >
> > All I can say is the -9 is one amazing airplane. I was waivering
> > between the -7A and the -9A, but my choice (when I finally do get
> > around to building) will definitely be the -9A.
> >
> > With about 230 pounds of Ken Scott in the left seat and 135
pounds
> of
> > me in the right seat, full fuel, 160 HP and a fixed pitch prop,
we
> > were off the ground in something like 400 feet. The control
forces
> > were definitely higher than the -6A's, but just as quick and
> > responsive. Slow flight in the airplane is just amazing. Ken put
> > the flaps down, pulled the throttle back to idle, and held the
> stick
> > full aft. The plane just sort of bobbed up and down, alternating
> > between a tame stall, nose drop, pitch up to tame stall, nose
> > drop......etc. He held the stick back through three or four of
> > these "bobbing" cycles, and the plane only lost about 200 feet.
> >
> > Then, Ken put about put about 1800 RPM in and relaxed just a bit
of
> > back pressure on the stick. Would you believe the darned thing
> > actually began to climb AND accelerate!? Climb was only about 50
> > fmp, and we were only gaining about 3 or 4 mph per minute, but it
> was
> > climbing and accelerating nonetheless. And the flaps were still
> > down. When the flaps were retracted, climb rate went up to about
> 150
> > fpm and acceleration went up to about 8 or 10 mph per minute. All
> at
> > only 1800 rpm!
> >
> > Ken demonstrated slow flight with the airplane happily plowing
> along
> > at about 50 mph. Easy rudder turns at this speed make it seem
like
> > the airplane is mounted on the point of a giant pin and is just
> > pivoting around it.
> >
> > You'd really have to be a dumb pilot to get yourself in trouble
in
> > this airplane!
> >
> > Can't wait to get the finances all together and begin building!
> >
> > Jeff